And there was Charles's response to the memo Elaine Day submitted - a suggestion that qualified people already working for Charles be given training so that they could advance to the more senior positions in his office. His reply to Mark Bolland was that Elaine Day was so PC, it scared him.

The senior Windsors inner circle lacks diversity. I think Charles is still stuck in the Rudyard Kipling frame of mind ("the white man's burden") and that has rubbed off somewhat on William and Harry.

Yes, they all have charities which have helped thousands of people of diverse racial backgrounds. For the most part, they don't put their feet in their mouths when they are making official appearances.

But when they are alone, or with their inner circle? Nothing nowadays remains private for long, not if there is money to be made by spilling the beans.

The tabloids must be jumping for joy at the thought of a possible (probable?) marriage and not just because Meghan's family is so loquacious.